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Things That Make Me Go Hmmm: Inflation, Crypto, Command Economies and Gold.
Things That Make Me Go Hmmm: Inflation, Crypto, Command Economies and Gold. Over the years I’ve written almost ad nauseum about the crazy I see (and saw) around me as a fund manager, family office principal and individual investor. The list includes: 1) an entire book on the grotesque central bank distortions of free market price discovery, […]
Are We Staring At A Coming Systemic Breakdown & The End Of Capitalism?
Are We Staring At A Coming Systemic Breakdown & The End Of Capitalism? Michael Every of Rabobank is concerned we are For any problems they face, governments all over the world are now conditioned to simply deficit spend or issue new $trillions in ‘thin air’ currency. So how in danger are we of that recklessness […]
Yield Curve Control: Bubbles And Stagnation
Yield Curve Control: Bubbles And Stagnation Central banks do not manage risk, they disguise it. You know you live in a bubble when a small bounce in sovereign bond yields generates an immediate panic reaction from central banks trying to prevent those yields from rising further. It is particularly more evident when the alleged soar […]
Bank of Canada Announces Balance Sheet Reduction, Suddenly Worried about “Moral Hazard”
Bank of Canada Announces Balance Sheet Reduction, Suddenly Worried about “Moral Hazard” “Once crisis tools have served their purpose, central banks should scale them back.” The Bank of Canada will unwind its crisis liquidity facilities, will further reduce its purchases of Government of Canada bonds, which it already started tapering in October, will let short-term […]
Gold vs. the stock market
Gold vs. the stock market More than 3,000 years ago in the early 12th century BC, Greco-Roman legend tells us of a mythical pair of monsters located in the Strait of Messina in southern Italy. The monsters were named Scylla and Charybdis. And both Homer’s Odyssey and Virgil’s Aeneid describe the terror of sailors who […]
Rabo: If Powell Does Nothing, We Will See Godzilla-Sized Shockwaves Across Markets Everywhere
Rabo: If Powell Does Nothing, We Will See Godzilla-Sized Shockwaves Across Markets Everywhere “Quadzilla is approaching Tokyo!” [Cue epic music] “Up from the depths; 30 trillion high; Breathing fire; Its name in the sky — Quadzilla! Quadzilla! Quadzilla!” [Sudden switch to comedy music] “…and Godz-EU-ki.” For those who grew up with 80’s cartoons, that intro may be […]
The Problem With Helicopter Money Is That It Is Inefficient
The Problem With Helicopter Money Is That It Is Inefficient The Money Supply Has Exploded The term helicopter money refers to unconventional methods used to get money into the hands of people that will rapidly put it to use. Whether to buy products or pay bills it is often seen as a way to kick […]
Inflation watch: Beware the ides of March
Inflation watch: Beware the ides of March President Biden has now had his $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed into law, and it will not be the last in the current fiscal year. Covid is not over and is sure to resurge with new variants next winter.But even assuming that is not the case, we still […]
We’re in a Bubble that’s Too Big To Fail
We’re in a Bubble that’s Too Big To Fail I’ve been hearing the phrase “Everything Bubble” come up more often lately. This isn’t a new phrase, Graham Summers was among the first to coin it in his 2017 book “The Everything Bubble: The Endgame for Central Bank Policy”: “The Everything Bubble chronicles the creation and evolution […]
Welcome to the Wave of Inflation into 2024
Welcome to the Wave of Inflation into 2024 We still see that this cycle into 2024 will be one of inflationary. Our computer has projected that this cycle would be one based on shortages. True, that that $1.9 trillion bill is just a Democrat’s wish-list. The $1,400 checks are for about 100 million. The fact […]
Antal Fekete, Gold, and Central Banks
Antal Fekete, Gold, and Central Banks On the fourteenth of October 2020, Antal E. Fekete, the Hungarian-Canadian economist who saw himself as a monetary theorist following the tradition of Carl Menger, died in Budapest. Behind him was an eventful and fruitful life which was quite typical of the crazy last century. His experiences eventually filled Fekete with dark forebodings for […]
Stagflation Subterfuge: The Real Disaster Hidden By The Pandemic
Stagflation Subterfuge: The Real Disaster Hidden By The Pandemic In recent economic news, headlines are being dominated by concerns over rising bond yields. Increased bond yields are a sign of a possible spike in inflation and, logically, they call for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in order to prevent that inflation. Higher bond yields […]
Sisphean Printing Will Kill Dollar & Bonds
SISYPHEAN PRINTING WILL KILL DOLLAR & BONDS Understanding four critical but simple puzzle pieces is all investors will need to take the flood that leads to fortune. Why then will the majority of investors still take the wrong current and lose their ventures? Well because investors feel more comfortable staying with the trend than […]
Jerome von Havenstein: Inflation Or Bust
Jerome von Havenstein: Inflation Or Bust This week brought forth new evidence that – to be perfectly frank – we’re all screwed. On Thursday, the yield on the 10 year Treasury note topped 1.55 percent. Subsequently, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after hitting an all-time high on Wednesday, dropped 559 points. Wall Street must not […]
Culmination of Fed Interventions Inflates Historic “Everything Bubble”
Culmination of Fed Interventions Inflates Historic “Everything Bubble” via HistoryDaily We reported on last year’s partial deflation of the “everything bubble,” aided in part by the COVID-19 pandemic and erratic response to it. But it could be a bit premature to consider that partial crash a singular event, followed by another period of economic recovery. In fact […]
